Planter.



J. D. CHANTLER.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED Dec. 30, I9I4.

1,142,400. I Patented June 8,1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 50,. PHOTO-LITHa. WASHINGTON, DA C.

I. D. CHANTLER.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, i914.

1,142,400. Patented June 8, 1915.

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JAMES D. CHANTLR, 0F FREEPORT, NEW YORK.

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Application filed Becember 30, 1914. Serial No. S

T0 all fwwm t may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES D. CHANTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Planters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in planters, intended primarily for putting seed potatoes into the ground and my objects are the production of a machine in Which the seed potatoes cannot clog, which will reliably and uniformly deliver them to the furrow at Xed intervals and in which the feed will be visible so the operator is at all times sure that the delivery of the seed potatoes is being properly carried out.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of the planter; Fig. 2, a top view and Fig. 3, a side sectional view.

rlhe planter comprises a body 1 mounted on the wheels 2 2 carried on the aXle 3. The body has a hopper 4 with a deflector 5 and a bottom 6, extending to the edge of the chamber. The bottom is hinged at 7 and supported by springs 88 so that when in motion a vibratory motion will be imparted preventing any clogging. To regulate the flow or feeding of the seed potatoes into the chamber, when the. chamber has enough, a second deflector having a solid wall hinged at 10, and a yieldable section 10, preferably canvas in a frame, is so mounted that the lower edge of the yieldable portion 10 approaches the bottom 6 leaving an opening between them through which the potatoes pass to the transferring mechanism, the seed holding deliector thus preventing clogging. This transferring mechanism comprises apair of wheels with delivery fingers thereon arranged on opposite sides of the planter with an A-shaped bottom 11 between them which causes the seed potatoes to be in the path of the fingers. Delivery chutes 12 and 13 lead to a common outlet 14: from whence the seed potatoes fall into the furrow and are covered over.

The transferring mechanism and its method of operation will now be described, it being understood that one or more of Patented J une 8, 1915.

these devices may be mounted in a'planter. A wheel 15 is rotated by a sprocket 17 and a chain 18. This wheel has pivotally mounted nea-r its periphery, a plurality of fingers 19-19 carrying prongs 20 on the front ends. Each finger has a gear 21 secured thereto, meshing with a gear 22 also, mounted on the wheel 15. Normally these fingers are in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and on rotation the prongs 20 will pick up a seed potato as they pass through the mass in the bottom of the machine carrying it to the top. A stationary disk 15 acts as a drag upon the seed when the wheel 15 is revolving keeping the seed in about the middle of the chamber. A segment gear 23 is mounted on the body and as gear 22 engages it the finger 19 is turned over as` shown in dotted lines at 24 in Fig. 3 bringing the seed potato over the outlet chute 12. A hinged trap 25 is pushed back until the potato is between it and a wiper 26 so that the continued rotation of wheel 15 will retract the finger 19 pulling the prongs 20 out of the seed potato and permitting `it to fall into the chute 12 and outletrli into the furrow. The continued movement of the wheell 15 causes the finger 19 to complete its turn over and when the gear 23 is cleared the finger is in position to pick up another potato when it reaches the bottom ofthe planter.

As two wheels and sets of ngers are used a slow speed can be maintained thus increasing the reliability of the planter. The operator who is located at a, the draft being from b, can at all times observe that the ground is receiving the seed potatoes through the opening 27 and the danger of leaving unseeded furrows is obviated.

. I claim- 1. A planter comprising a hopper, a wheel adjacent to said hopper, fingers on said wheel, prongs on the ngers adapted to engage the seed, a stationary disk filling said wheel, means for revolving the wheel, means for rotating the fingers at a predetermined point and means for removing the seed from the fingers.

2. A planter comprising a hopper, a yieldable bottom therein, a partition having a yieldable section adjacent to the bottom, a

1 chamber having an A-shaped bottom, rotatcated adjacent theretoV adaptedV to receive Y.

ngmembers located to rotate n the botthe seed and deliver it tothe furrow.V 10

tom of the chamber, fingers on said rotating t In testimony whereof I have affixed my members adapted to engage thev seed, means Vsignature n presence of two Witnesses. Y for rotatingA said members, meansvfor rotat- JAMES D. CHANTLER. ing said fingers at a predetermined point', a Witnesses: f e* Y swinging fap' adapted to engage the seed to a Roer. B. KILLGORE, remove it from seid ngers and a' chute lo- MAY M. LIPP;

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Washington, D. 0'." 

